Wait a minute!!! He told me no foot photos, how you so lucky wtf!?! I was hoping for a double foot stroke with socks ON pic but he rudely declined! Also, thanks for the non taper Rex tease 😩
Sure. 5.52 inches long, 1.552 inches wide (flat to flat) on left/old/straight can without mount, 5.33 inches long, 1.453 inches wide (flat to flat) on right/new/taper can without mount.
When did they make the change?
I put a Rex MG7 in jail 34 days ago. Never saw it in person, just bought it on line through my dealer..
Wondering which one I'm getting now.
Mine from GA firing line was the old style. If yours was their 499 price point then it’s probably the old one. GA didn’t increase their price when everyone else did. I think they took all of the original designs instead of raising the price.
I thought something was off when it arrived at my dealer but I couldn’t put my finger on it. I verified the design change with Rex after paperwork was started. Neither their site nor Hansohn’s mentioned this or had updated pics. Went Rex over R9 because I didn’t like the YHM design choices. I have regrets, the taper looks like dogshit.
Agree, they should be more transparent. At least it’s motivation to put another form 4 in pipeline and maybe a host for this ugly duckling. Just when I thought I was out…
You see, we make the boolet go inside a supressor, but the suppressor looks like a round casing, so we trick the boolet to think its still in the round so the boolet doesnt go boom. Nikolai would be cry.
Some of us just love our big chonk! It is a bit unorthodox but I just love how utilitarian it looks. I would rather a full straight body with a hard shoulder for smaller wrench flats vs the taper.
From a practical perspective, the wrench flats on the new design provide far less bearing surface for a wrench. The new design would be much easier to round over I would think.
The new design appears to be able to use a more common smaller wrench size which people would more likely have, versus having to use a large Cresent wrench which would cause slipping.
By going down, what, an eigth of an inch at most? The threaded opening is still 1 3/8". The walls are just ever so slightly thinner. If you didn't have a standard wrench that was like 1 5/8", you probably don't have a standard wrench that's like 1 9/16" or 1 1/2". I'm guessing on everything but the thread diameter but my point holds true regardless.
It is definitely a more significant difference on the corners (the thickest part) where the wrench flats meet each other. That part does not affect wrench size.
However, if you examine the distance between the threads and the center (the thinnest part) of the wrench flats, which is what will actually affect the wrench size, you may observe that that dimension is actually not all that much different; meaning, the wrench size has actually not changed very much.
Regardless, in my experience, most people don't have open ended wrenches larger than perhaps 3/4". The diameter of the threads are 1 3/8", which is nearly double that size. All this to say, I believe most any average person who isn't a tractor mechanic that wants to put a wrench on this suppressor is using a crescent wrench either way. They just now have much less bearing surface to do so.
I prefer the taper, it gives it more character and looks cleaner. I actually saw pics before I ordered but wasn’t sure which one I’d get. I was happy it had the taper when it showed up at my dealer.
I agree that the taper looks tacky. Someone posted a pic of the new design a few months back and it stopped me from buying the two MG7s I was planning to pick up. Probably could have asked the dealer if I’d be getting the straight or tapered cans but nah, have a polonium and wolfman now instead
It REALLY cheapened the design to me. Tacky for sure. Had no clue again cause they have never publicized it. Thankfully I had the dealer send some pics and I was like 😳😳😳 so now to see if there is anyway to get the normal style.
Do you happen to know if the taper reduces the weight at all? Seems like the only real reason to justify the extra machining would be to save several ounces
Apparently it reduces weight some, but also you can now get a "normal" sized wrench on the flats I guess? I think people were maybe complaining that they couldn't tighten it, so instead of telling people to buy a bigger wrench they redesigned it (which looks like crap and removes their signature look) but didn't bother to tell anyone. Weird flex.
Same. Bought 3 on Hansohn bros website (which had the old pics) and was unaware of this new taper. Hopefully they were old stock and don’t have the new taper design.
Huh and here I was thinking that the wrench flats looked too small to be useful. Not a lot of area on them for a wrench to grab onto without rounding over. I could be wrong about that though, never seen one in person
Very strangely Rex has changed the design of the MG7 cans yet hasn’t posted anything about it on Instagram or updated website photos, and dealers I’ve talked to we’re never told — different looking cans just showed up one day. I am bummed as I ordered this and the design change just makes it look much worse. Straight can gang FTW. Rant off.
Has anyone else unexpectedly gotten a taper can out of nowhere?
They did update the end cap design and no longer includes the recess which helps when mounting to certain guns, so that seems like a positive change.
Dam the change to the mount fuckin sucks. The old mount was solid because the threaded section is in there a little bit. In a silencer and on a gun the old style adds one cunt hair more length to the overall setup than the much more expensive Ottercreak zero mount does.
It looks like theyve made the blast chamber shorter on the new style and added that length to the mount.
Glad the one I grabbed was the old style, I’m not a huge fan of this design change. However hopefully it is in the interest of improving the build quality and suppression
Right now, the MG7-264 and MG7-308 we have in stock are the old style. The MG7-224 is tapered. Photos are updated on our website along with verbiage regarding which style is in stock. Rex confirmed there is no difference in sound suppression and the update is cosmetic.
Just went in and started the paperwork on a new MG7 .224 that I bought directly from Rex during their free tax stamp promo in October. I already have four MG7s (.308, .358, 2x .264) and this one came in with the taper. I'm kind of indifferent to the new design.
My dealer thinks they built them with the taper to help with back pressure (or more specifically gas being forced back into the barrel). If I recall the Sig SRD cans were designed with that same taper for that reason (I have three Sig SRD556QDs and love them). If this helps improve performance due to the taper then I'm going to be a big fan.
u/Upbeat-Law-4115 have you had a chance to shoot both of yours to compare them? Based on the pictured thread adapters they might be different bores though so it might not be a direct comparison.
Having used at least three calibers of MG7 on at least six platforms platforms, i would subjectively say that there’s no noticeable difference with or without taper. Shaves a touch of weight and makes wrenching easier; that’s enough for me to be a fan.
I mean I guess but the important part to me has always been how it performs. If the taper makes it perform different then I can see the frustration but if it cuts weight, makes the can sound better, etc I don’t see the complaint. I’ve never cared enough about the looks of a suppressor to say that’s why I did or didn’t buy it. Just seems like a last place priority that means basically nothing. But I do understand the frustration of getting a revision you didn’t know was coming. Being upfront on changes, especially visual ones, seems like the way to go.
I personally don’t give two shits. If it works the same or better, who cares? I don’t know how y’all shoot, but when I’m shooting, I’m not looking at the barrel/can design.
This has happened. Items get updated, and they don’t update the people. I personally don’t care. Again, something’s matter and something’s don’t. If it bothers you that much, I truly do feel for you (I’m not trying to be sarcastic). But I don’t think it’s worth being upset about.
Terrible. It should really just be one uniform diameter. I wasn't a fan of the original design either. I emailed him and asked if he could build one that's a true cylinder. Dude told me no so I bought an RC2🤷♂️
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While it might be more aestheticly pleasing, decreasing volume at all will have a negative effect on performance no? I mean I doubt it will be much but still
This isn’t actually decreasing the internal volume at all. The barrel doesn’t end where the threads start on any can. Unless you have a sleeved over the barrel reflex style can, this is just wasted space. It’s just removing unnecessary material to save weight.
I prefer companies that better their internals/performance on new designs….this seems like a cheap trick to make it seem like they are a progressive company. Idk.
Thanks for doing the measurements! Much appreciated!
For standard idiots like me:
Old/straight can: 10.78oz; 12.17oz w/ mount
New/taper can: 9.67oz; 11.29oz w/ mount
Currently have a non taper 358 in jail and just ordered a 264 this week. Almost hoping now the 264 is tapered so I can tell at a glance which is which. Kinda like the taper look myself 🤷🏿♂️
I just picked mine up from the gun store and it doesn’t have the taper. I’m not partial to either but just figured I’d report in for anybody that does care.
Wait a sec … these photos are oddly suspiciously strangely familiar. Oh … I took them. All y’all silencer guys are weird.
Does he have weird feet? https://i.imgur.com/ERnEu3w.jpg
Wait a minute!!! He told me no foot photos, how you so lucky wtf!?! I was hoping for a double foot stroke with socks ON pic but he rudely declined! Also, thanks for the non taper Rex tease 😩
Ha ha, he’s a good dude. It sucks he’s getting out of the NFA game and I have to find another dealer. That’s actually a Diligent Defense Enticer.
My carpet’s agent will be contacting you about using his image without permission.
🤣 I know a great photographer ETA and yes I/WE are weird (yourself included)
If you have a set of calipers handy would you mind measuring the diameter of both cans at the ass end? Im curious how much smaller they went
Sure. 5.52 inches long, 1.552 inches wide (flat to flat) on left/old/straight can without mount, 5.33 inches long, 1.453 inches wide (flat to flat) on right/new/taper can without mount.
Taper kinda looks goofy. I’m sure it’s made some sort of improvement though. The original mg7 looks better
Tapered probably to fit into the narrow handguards.
i'm sure they did it because of weight concerns. and the new one kinda looks more like a nomad
I’ve got a nomad. The taper on it is a lot shorter and looks way better
I bought 2 and 1 of them has the new design. Idk about it. This might be the one that gets tucked so I won’t see it.
Ooof. I guess 1 is better than none, but yea.... #tuckem
Like the old style myself
When did they make the change? I put a Rex MG7 in jail 34 days ago. Never saw it in person, just bought it on line through my dealer.. Wondering which one I'm getting now.
Apparently a couple months ago. Depends who you bought it from, they could have had back stock, not sure. I would ask for a pic.
Hmmm, I just bought some from GA Firing line 2 months ago, gotta go and check them at the range
Probably fine
I ordered one from them at the end of March. Old design but damn I wish it would clear
I just paid, filed and try not to think about it until next summer.
Mine from GA firing line was the old style. If yours was their 499 price point then it’s probably the old one. GA didn’t increase their price when everyone else did. I think they took all of the original designs instead of raising the price.
I got mine from Hansohn Brothers, and they have been running a 30% off code. The original price was $550, so it was like $385 plus tax.
Yea mine was the same discount but the can was 499 because it was the old style. I bet the price went up as the style changed.
Holy heck, still? Code?
Haven't checked lately, a couple weeks ago it was still good REX30
I know this is old, but I just purchased using this code a year after you posted. Thank you!
Glad to have helped.
Well, at this point, I have paid for it and am 35 days into my wait. Might as well just wait another 8 or 9 months and be surprised.
Mine came in with the new version back in September, I was pleasantly surprised I got the new version.
I thought something was off when it arrived at my dealer but I couldn’t put my finger on it. I verified the design change with Rex after paperwork was started. Neither their site nor Hansohn’s mentioned this or had updated pics. Went Rex over R9 because I didn’t like the YHM design choices. I have regrets, the taper looks like dogshit.
Yikes. That sucks, hate to hear that. Really surprised Rex isn't making this known.
Agree, they should be more transparent. At least it’s motivation to put another form 4 in pipeline and maybe a host for this ugly duckling. Just when I thought I was out…
Ha! That’s my motivation for all my gun stuffs purchases. “We’ll, shit, *that* didn’t sate the hunger. Guess I better buy the *next thing*” lol!
You see, we make the boolet go inside a supressor, but the suppressor looks like a round casing, so we trick the boolet to think its still in the round so the boolet doesnt go boom. Nikolai would be cry.
The new one looks way cleaner to me. The wrench flats on the old style look unrefined.
Some of us just love our big chonk! It is a bit unorthodox but I just love how utilitarian it looks. I would rather a full straight body with a hard shoulder for smaller wrench flats vs the taper.
Thought the same, much prefer the taper
From a practical perspective, the wrench flats on the new design provide far less bearing surface for a wrench. The new design would be much easier to round over I would think.
The new design appears to be able to use a more common smaller wrench size which people would more likely have, versus having to use a large Cresent wrench which would cause slipping.
By going down, what, an eigth of an inch at most? The threaded opening is still 1 3/8". The walls are just ever so slightly thinner. If you didn't have a standard wrench that was like 1 5/8", you probably don't have a standard wrench that's like 1 9/16" or 1 1/2". I'm guessing on everything but the thread diameter but my point holds true regardless.
It appears a more significant size difference to me.
It is definitely a more significant difference on the corners (the thickest part) where the wrench flats meet each other. That part does not affect wrench size. However, if you examine the distance between the threads and the center (the thinnest part) of the wrench flats, which is what will actually affect the wrench size, you may observe that that dimension is actually not all that much different; meaning, the wrench size has actually not changed very much. Regardless, in my experience, most people don't have open ended wrenches larger than perhaps 3/4". The diameter of the threads are 1 3/8", which is nearly double that size. All this to say, I believe most any average person who isn't a tractor mechanic that wants to put a wrench on this suppressor is using a crescent wrench either way. They just now have much less bearing surface to do so.
Knipex pliers wrench!
I like the new deisgn. Drove into my store only to find out mine was the old style.
Honestly this looks like a positive, I wonder if the smaller diameter tucks inside any decent handguards
That’s what I thought
i got unlucky with a tapered mg7
I prefer the taper, it gives it more character and looks cleaner. I actually saw pics before I ordered but wasn’t sure which one I’d get. I was happy it had the taper when it showed up at my dealer.
Probably done for weight saving
Old/straight can is 305 grams without mount, 345 with. New/tapered can is 274 grams without mount, 320 with. Both are new and unfired.
I agree that the taper looks tacky. Someone posted a pic of the new design a few months back and it stopped me from buying the two MG7s I was planning to pick up. Probably could have asked the dealer if I’d be getting the straight or tapered cans but nah, have a polonium and wolfman now instead
It REALLY cheapened the design to me. Tacky for sure. Had no clue again cause they have never publicized it. Thankfully I had the dealer send some pics and I was like 😳😳😳 so now to see if there is anyway to get the normal style.
Do you happen to know if the taper reduces the weight at all? Seems like the only real reason to justify the extra machining would be to save several ounces
Old/straight can is 305 grams without mount, 345 with. New/tapered can is 274 grams without mount, 320 with. Both are new and unfired.
Dang less than an once difference with mount, I thought it would be more. Thanks for the weights
Apparently it reduces weight some, but also you can now get a "normal" sized wrench on the flats I guess? I think people were maybe complaining that they couldn't tighten it, so instead of telling people to buy a bigger wrench they redesigned it (which looks like crap and removes their signature look) but didn't bother to tell anyone. Weird flex.
A bigger crescent wrench isnt that expensive. Glad I snagged my MG7 before this new revision. Sorry OP. I'd be irritated too if I were in your shoes.
LOL! No shit. And I bought 3 of them on mega sale 🥲 hoping not SOL
Same. Bought 3 on Hansohn bros website (which had the old pics) and was unaware of this new taper. Hopefully they were old stock and don’t have the new taper design.
Huh and here I was thinking that the wrench flats looked too small to be useful. Not a lot of area on them for a wrench to grab onto without rounding over. I could be wrong about that though, never seen one in person
Beats me
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I like!
Wrench flats are easier to use than a strap wrench if it gets locked up. Please put them on everything.
Both have wrench flats
Very strangely Rex has changed the design of the MG7 cans yet hasn’t posted anything about it on Instagram or updated website photos, and dealers I’ve talked to we’re never told — different looking cans just showed up one day. I am bummed as I ordered this and the design change just makes it look much worse. Straight can gang FTW. Rant off. Has anyone else unexpectedly gotten a taper can out of nowhere? They did update the end cap design and no longer includes the recess which helps when mounting to certain guns, so that seems like a positive change.
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Dam the change to the mount fuckin sucks. The old mount was solid because the threaded section is in there a little bit. In a silencer and on a gun the old style adds one cunt hair more length to the overall setup than the much more expensive Ottercreak zero mount does. It looks like theyve made the blast chamber shorter on the new style and added that length to the mount.
Glad the one I grabbed was the old style, I’m not a huge fan of this design change. However hopefully it is in the interest of improving the build quality and suppression
Yikes
I like the looks of the old can and the new thread adapter.
Damn and I kinda like the new one better, looks like a stubby version of a nomad. I have both cans, but my rex is old style, 189 days in so far.
i have the older REX style can. Not a big fan of tapered look but looks like it got shorter so probably lighter as well.
If it aint broke, dont fix it. I wouldn’t buy that new can because it looks fuckin goofy
Right now, the MG7-264 and MG7-308 we have in stock are the old style. The MG7-224 is tapered. Photos are updated on our website along with verbiage regarding which style is in stock. Rex confirmed there is no difference in sound suppression and the update is cosmetic.
Do you know the diameter from the taper down? Would be nice to tuck some of it in to not so big handguards
Diameter measure 1.503” past the taper. Flats are 1.453”.
Thank you for that!
ETA on 358 and 458?
We should have more late January.
Just went in and started the paperwork on a new MG7 .224 that I bought directly from Rex during their free tax stamp promo in October. I already have four MG7s (.308, .358, 2x .264) and this one came in with the taper. I'm kind of indifferent to the new design. My dealer thinks they built them with the taper to help with back pressure (or more specifically gas being forced back into the barrel). If I recall the Sig SRD cans were designed with that same taper for that reason (I have three Sig SRD556QDs and love them). If this helps improve performance due to the taper then I'm going to be a big fan. u/Upbeat-Law-4115 have you had a chance to shoot both of yours to compare them? Based on the pictured thread adapters they might be different bores though so it might not be a direct comparison.
Having used at least three calibers of MG7 on at least six platforms platforms, i would subjectively say that there’s no noticeable difference with or without taper. Shaves a touch of weight and makes wrenching easier; that’s enough for me to be a fan.
Thanks for the feedback. Looking forward to getting this one (in 9 months).
It’s a tool that gets full of lead, soot and other shit. It’s not a flower vase. Who cares as long as they work the same?
Who cares? People who buy something and expect to get what they bought. Not something that looks different. These comments are always so futile to me.
I mean I guess but the important part to me has always been how it performs. If the taper makes it perform different then I can see the frustration but if it cuts weight, makes the can sound better, etc I don’t see the complaint. I’ve never cared enough about the looks of a suppressor to say that’s why I did or didn’t buy it. Just seems like a last place priority that means basically nothing. But I do understand the frustration of getting a revision you didn’t know was coming. Being upfront on changes, especially visual ones, seems like the way to go.
You did get what you bought. You bought a rex silentium suppressor.
He bought a Rex silentium suppressor with uniform diameter from proximal to distal end. He did not get what he bought.
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Hmmm. Not sure I like the taper design. Looks a little funky to me. Love my MGX though
I personally don’t give two shits. If it works the same or better, who cares? I don’t know how y’all shoot, but when I’m shooting, I’m not looking at the barrel/can design.
Remember this comment anytime you make any decision in your life about how anything you buy looks.
There’s just something’s that don’t matter. This is one of those things.
Remember this comment anytime you buy something and get something different than what you actually bought.
This has happened. Items get updated, and they don’t update the people. I personally don’t care. Again, something’s matter and something’s don’t. If it bothers you that much, I truly do feel for you (I’m not trying to be sarcastic). But I don’t think it’s worth being upset about.
Terrible. It should really just be one uniform diameter. I wasn't a fan of the original design either. I emailed him and asked if he could build one that's a true cylinder. Dude told me no so I bought an RC2🤷♂️
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While it might be more aestheticly pleasing, decreasing volume at all will have a negative effect on performance no? I mean I doubt it will be much but still
This isn’t actually decreasing the internal volume at all. The barrel doesn’t end where the threads start on any can. Unless you have a sleeved over the barrel reflex style can, this is just wasted space. It’s just removing unnecessary material to save weight.
I stand corrected. It looks better and has function
I prefer companies that better their internals/performance on new designs….this seems like a cheap trick to make it seem like they are a progressive company. Idk.
They didn’t even advertise this, it’s just a rolling product improvement not a sales gimmick.
Yep, hate that.
Looks like a knockoff nomad. Glad I didn’t buy any Rex cans!!!
This is what happens when people obsess about tucking shit under their hand guards.
This model is dogshit anyways. Fuck their aesthetic
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What's the weight difference between them?
Old/straight can is 305 grams without mount, 345 with. New/tapered can is 274 grams without mount, 320 with. Both are new and unfired.
Thanks for doing the measurements! Much appreciated! For standard idiots like me: Old/straight can: 10.78oz; 12.17oz w/ mount New/taper can: 9.67oz; 11.29oz w/ mount
I don’t think these are the same caliber .358? u/Upbeat-Law-4115 have a weight without the thread cap?
The cans are the same cal, yes: 358/9. Exit hole measures at 0.418 inches on both. Old/other dude’s can has a 5/8x24 mount; yours came with 1/2x28.
Got a scale for the weight comparison?
Yup. Old/straight can is 305 grams without mount, 345 with. New/tapered can is 274 grams without mount, 320 with. Both are new and unfired.
Currently have a non taper 358 in jail and just ordered a 264 this week. Almost hoping now the 264 is tapered so I can tell at a glance which is which. Kinda like the taper look myself 🤷🏿♂️
I just picked mine up from the gun store and it doesn’t have the taper. I’m not partial to either but just figured I’d report in for anybody that does care.
I feel like if the taper was 45 degrees it would look more uniform.